Beehive



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Patented Mar. 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims. (CL. 6--1.)

This invention relates to improvements in bee hives, 'and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved hive construction in which removable inverted jars are employed as honey receptacles.

A more specific object is to provide efficient means for supporting the jars in an invented position within an upper compartment, whereby the bees may have ready access to the interior of said jars from the lower brood compartment of the hive through the necks of the jars.

Another object is to provide a. landing at the top of the brood compartment close to and below the jars to facilitate passage of the beees to and from the latter.

Another object is to facilitate insertion and removal of the jars as well as inspection of the same to note the progress of the making and lling of combs therein.

The invention consists of the novel form, com bination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a -vertical sectional view of a bee hive embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l with two jars removed; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on the plane of line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 indicates the body of the bee hive consisting of a relatively deep rectangular box closed by a removable lid 6. A plurality of openings I are provided in the lower part of at least one side wall of the body for entrance and exit of the bees. The bottom wall oi the body may be extended outwardly to provide a ledge 8, at each side where the openings 1 are provided, on which the bees may alight.

The interior of the body is divided by a horizontal partition 9 into a lower brood compartment I9 and an upper honey receptacle compartment Il. The partition 9 is provided with a plurality of openings l2 which are counterbored at the top to provide an annular shoulder I3 in each opening on which is placed a gasket ring I4. The neck of an inverted jar I5 is removably disposed in the counterbored portion of each opening I2 and seated on the gasket ring I4 disposed on the shoulder I3 of said opening. Thus, the jars I5 provide honey receptacles in the compartment I I, access to the interior of which is had by the bees from the chamber I Il through the openings I2. Removably supported upon ledges I6 within the upper compartment II is a horil 2 zontal grating II whose per portions of the jars I5` to hold them -in'a vertical position with their necks seated in the openings I2. The body 5 has windows I'8' inwalls thereof to facilitate inspection ofthe jars to determine the progress of the bees in `making and filling combs therein. Hinged exterior blinds I9 may be provided for the windows I8. By removing the lid 6, the grating `I"I and jars I5 may be readily inserted and removed.

Mounted in the body 5 at the top of compartment I and close to but below the partition 9 is a deck or partial partition forming a landing for the bees to facilitate their passage to and from the jars, one edge of the deck or partial partition being spaced from the adjacent wall of body 5 to provide a slot 2| through which the bees may pass from the compartment II) to landing 2U, and vice versa.

Diagonal horizontal bars 22 are supported in and above the bottom of the compartment Ill to support combs.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A bee hive including a body having a removable lid and provided with openings near the bottom for entrance and exit of bees, a horizontal partition mounted in the body and dividing it into upper and lower compartments, said partition having a plurality of openings counterbored at the top to provide shoulders therein, an inverted jar associated with each opening and having its neck removably fitted in the latter and supported by the shoulder therein, a grating removl ably supported in the upper compartment and receiving upper portions of said jars to hold the jars upright.

2. A bee hive including a body having a removable lid and provided with openings near the bottom for entrance and exit of bees, a horizontal partition mounted in the body and dividing it into upper and lower compartments, said partition having a plurality of openings counterlbored at the top to provide shoulders therein, a deck in said lower compartment closely adjacent to the lower surface of said partition, and a grating supported in the upper compartment having apertures registering vertically with the bores in said partition.

3. A bee hive including a body having a removable lid and provided with openings near the bottom for entrance and exit of bees, a horizontal partition mounted in the body and dividing it into upper and lower compartments, said partition having a plurality of openings counterbored crossbars engage the upat the top to provide shoulders therein, and an inverted jar associated with each opening and having its neck removably fitted in the latter and supported by the shoulder therein, a deck in said lower compartment closely adjacent to the lower surface of the partition, said body being provided with windows through which the jars in the upper compartment may be inspected, a removable grating in the upper compartment and receiving the upper portions of the jars to hold the jars upright, and blinds for said windows.

4. A bee hive including a body having a, removable lid and provided with openings near the bottom for entrance and exit of bees, a horizontal partition mounted in the body and dividing it into upper and lower compartments, said partition having a, plurality of openings counterbored at the top to provide shoulders therein, an inverted jar associated with each opening and having! its neck removably tted in the latter and supported by the shoulder therein, and an imperforatedeck mountefdfin'the body below and close to thepartitionisaiidjdeck being spaced from one side of the lowencompartment to provide a slot through which bees 4may pass, said lid and said deck pre- 5. A bee hive including a body having a. removable ld and provided with openings near the bottom for entrance and exit of bees, a horizontal partition mounted in the body and dividing it into upper and lower compartments, said partition having a plurality of openings counterbored at the top to provide shoulders therein, an inverted jar associated with each opening and having its neck removably tted in the latter and supported by the shoulder therein, and a deck mounted in the body below and close to the partition, the deck being spaced from a side of the body to provide a slot through which bees may pass.

MINTIE P. ELLIOTT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the `le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 176,347 Perrine Apr. 18, 1876 200,931 Park lMar. 5, 1878 1,073,458 Anderson Sept. 16, 1913 1,073,459 Anderson Sept. 16, 1913 k1,144,878 Tenyak June 29, 1915 

